1. GIM Research-in-Progress
Thursdays, 12:15-1:00 PM
Broadway Research Building., Room G07
Faculty contact: Dr. Jeanne Clark
Staff contact: Carolyn Robinson
Attendance is REQUIRED
This conference is devoted to the discussion of research that is being planned or conducted by faculty and/or Fellows in General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, or the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. The conference is intended to provide Fellows an opportunity to receive feedback on their own studies as well as to give feedback to other investigators on their studies. Each GIM Fellow is expected to present at least once a year.
This conference addresses several fellowship objectives, including
1) To be able to critically appraise the medical scientific literature, including the methodology of published or proposed investigations;
2) To be able to independently formulate a research question, as well as to be able to design and conduct a study to address that question; and
3) To be able to present and publish results of one's scholarly work.
2. GIM Fellows' Conference
Mondays, 12:15-1:00 PM
1830 E. Monument St., 8th floor, Klag Room
Faculty contact: Dr. Jeanne Clark
Staff contact: Carolyn Robinson
Attendance is REQUIRED
This conference is devoted to addressing the needs of the GIM Fellows, and it changes a bit year to year according to the wishes of the Fellows. it will cover some content areas key to a successful fellowship (choosing a mentor, choosing a research project, etc.), plus allow time for Fellows to talk, discuss clinical cases and meet with divisional directors and faculty who lead the various clinical services.
This conferences addresses most of the fellowship objectives, as well as allowing time for Fellows to network with each other and with GIM faculty.
3. GIM Grand Rounds
Fridays (except the first Friday of each month), September - May, 9:10-1000 AM
Cader Room, Harvey 508
Faculty contact: Dr. Fred Brancati
Staff contact: Mary Cay Reynolds
Attendance is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
GIM Grand Rounds is a weekly forum for GIM faculty and Fellows to meet. In general, each week a faculty member will present highlights of his or her work for discussion. It also allows for dissemination and discussion of GIM news and events.
This conference provides an ideal forum for fellows to hear about the research being done by all GIM faculty, and to meet and interact with these faculty. In addition, it addresses some of the same objectives as the Research-in-Progress conference.
4. Welch Center Journal Club
Tuesdays, September - May, 12:15-1:00 PM
2024 E. Monument St., Suite 2-600, Whelton Room
Faculty contact: Dr. Elizabeth Selvin
Staff contact: Mary Cay Reynolds
Attendance is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
The Welch Center Journal Club provides an excellent opportunity for Fellows to enhance their abilities to critically review the literature of medicine. Each week, an article with a clinical epidemiology focus is selected by different presenters. Both students and faculty members participate in leading discussions of the papers. Often, the Welch Center Research Seminar (Journal Club) becomes a forum for the discussion of the appropriate use of statistical analytic methods for various study designs.
The conference is led and attended by research faculty, and students can earn course credit by enrolling in Journal Club (340.871 Welch Center Research Seminar). Fellows who are pursuing a degree in the Clinical Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Epidemiology concentrations are required to register for two terms in order to meet degree requirements; registration for four terms is recommended.
The conference addresses several fellowship objectives, including:
1) To be able to critically appraise the medical scientific literature, including the methodology of published and proposed investigations, and
2) To be able to independently formulate a research question, as well as be able to design and conduct a study to address that question.
Additional Recommended Conferences
5. Clinical Research Grand Rounds at the Welch Center
Wednesdays, September - May, 12:15-1:15 PM
2024 E. Monument St., Suite 1-500, Powe Room
Faculty contact: Dr. Fred Brancati
Staff contact: Mary Cay Reynolds
This weekly conference provides an opportunity for Welch Center faculty and invited guest speakers to present the results of ongoing, planned, or completed research.
6. Tumulty Rounds
First and third Wednesdays of each month, September - June, 12:00-1:00 PM
Cader Room, Harvey 508
Faculty contact: Dr. John Flynn
Staff contact: Loretta Hoepfner
This conference highlights interesting or unusual clinical cases and involves discussion by housestaff, faculty and invited experts in the Department of Medicine.
7. JHBMC GIM Academic Conference and Education Research-in-Progress
First Tuesday of each month, 7:30-9:00 AM
5200 Eastern Ave., Mason F. Lord, Center Tower, Suite 2300, JHBMC GIM Conference Room
Faculty contacts: Dr. Scott Wright and Dr. David Kern
Staff contact: Connie Crawford
The goal of this conference is to share education research and curricular work in progress so as to get feedback from others. Pilot testing of surveys, brain-storming about methods, designs and hypotheses often take place.
8. Welch Center Interest Group Seminars
Navigate to the Welch Center website to see the dates, times, places, leaders and scope of the following Interest Groups:
- Diabetes and Obesity Interest Group
- Health Services and Outcomes Research Interest Group
- Renal Disease Interest Group
- Methods and Ideas in Cardiovascular Epidemiology (MICE) Interest Group
- Health IT for Disease Prevention and Management
